Abstract:

A 3D hydrodynamic model was developed for the tidal Mobile Bay system, and was used to study water and salt exchange with the northern Gulf of Mexico via Main Pass and eastern Mississippi Sound via Pass-aux-Herons. This data set contains forcing conditions and model results that can be used to reproduce the results published in Kim and Park (2012, Journal of Marine Systems, 96-97, 103-115).

Suggested Citation:

Kyeong Park. 2016. Input forcing conditions and the results of model simulation for bay-gulf exchange of water and salt. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N71Z42B6

Publications:

Kim, C.-K., & Park, K. (2012). A modeling study of water and salt exchange for a micro-tidal, stratified northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. Journal of Marine Systems, 96-97, 103–115. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.02.008

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Data Parameters and Units:

/forcing: qf.dat:freshwater discharge data into Mobile Bay: n (serial number), tday (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), q_f (x1000 m3/sec); wind_bc_filt.dat: surface wind data: day (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), wust (x-component of wind stress in Pa), wvst (y-component of wind stress in Pa), wstmag (magnitude of wind stress in Pa), wust_f (low-pass filtered wust), wvst_f (low-pass filtered wvst), wst_f_mag (low-pass filtered wstmag), wu (x-component of wind velocity in m/sec), wv (y-component of wind velocity in m/sec); wl_obc_filt.dat: surface water level at open boundary: n (serial number), tday (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), OBC (open boundary condition in m), f_OBC (low-pass filtered OBC). \discharge: discharge.dat: model computed discharge rates through Main Pass (MP) and Pass-aux-Herons (PAH): n (serial number), tday (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), MP_disch (x1000 m3/sec, discharge through MP), MP_disch_f (low-pass filtered MP_disch), PAH_disch (x1000 m3/sec, discharge through PAH), PAH_disch_f (low-pass filtered PAH_disch); sflux.dat: model computed salt transport rates through Main Pass (MP) and Pass-aux-Herons (PAH): n (serial number), tday (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), MP_sflux (x105 kg/sec, salt transport through MP), MP_sflux_f (low-pass filtered MP_sflux), PAH_sflux (x105 kg/sec, salt transport through PAH), PAH_sflux_f (low-pass filtered PAH_sflux). \sflux: sflux_MP.dat: model computed salt transport and other information through Main Pass (MP) : n (serial number), day (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), sflux (x104 kg/sec, salt transport), QfSo (x104 kg/sec, cross-sectional average advective salt transport), FE (x104 kg/sec, salt transport due to shear dispersion), FT (x104 kg/sec, tidal oscillatory salt transport), 3 meaningless columns, and S0 (psu, cross-section average salinity); sflux_PAH.dat: model computed salt transport and other information through Pass-aux-Herons (PAH): columns the same as those in sflux_MP.dat; FE_114045.dat : model computed velocity and salinity at the deepest location of Main Pass : n (serial number), day (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), uE (m/sec, tidally averaged and cross-sectionally varying velocity) at surface, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and bottom layers, sE (psu, tidally averaged and cross-sectionally varying salinty) at surface, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and bottom layers, uE*sE (m*psu/sec) at surface, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and bottom layers; FE_080062.dat: model computed velocity and salinity at the deepest location of Pass-aus-Herons: columns the same as those in FE_114045.dat; wl_range.dat: low-pass filtered, observed water level at open boundary: n (serial number), meaningless column, day (time in days since 00:00 on January 1, 1991), low-pass filtered water level (m).

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